Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in aquatic environments

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 287-333

  Passow, U ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Carbon flux; EPS; Exudation; Food web; Particle formation; Polysaccharides; Transparent exopolymer particles

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; CALORIMETRY; DEGRADATION; GELS; OCEAN HABITATS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSPARENCY;

FOOD WEBS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; EXOPOLYMER; FOOD WEB; PLANKTON; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036455093     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00138-6     Document Type: Review

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